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Pitched battle predicted for [WA] top education job
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Sep 20, 2004 09:02am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| News Date | Monday, September 20, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By Gregory Roberts
According to conventional political wisdom, Terry Bergeson is in deep trouble in her effort to win re-election as the state's top education official.
A two-term incumbent who outspent her main challenger, Judith Billings, by a more than 12-1 ratio in the run-up to last week's primary, she attracted barely a third of the vote in finishing just ahead of Billings.
Incumbents run mainly on their records, and the results mean that two-thirds of the voters looked at Bergeson's and picked somebody else -- a bad sign for a candidate hoping to hang on to a job.
Except this was an unconventional election, some commentators say. Instead of a walkover, they say, the Nov. 2 general election for superintendent of public instruction shapes up as a battle royal.
"This is going to be a donnybrook," said Cathy Allen, a Democratic political consultant in Seattle who was not involved in the non-partisan primary for superintendent. "These women will just be starting their engines."
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